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On this football language podcast for learners of English we look at the phrase 'top corner' after Arsenal's opening goal in the North...
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Unstoppable header: We look at ways to describe Virgil Van Dijk's headed goal against Crystal Palace in the Premier League.
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Goalfest - This football language podcast looks back at the third day of the last 16 action and Spain vs Croatia and France vs Switzerland.
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On today’s football language listening post, we look at the phrase 'Seven-goal thriller' and explain how it can be used in football.
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Football Language: Sweep home - In this football language post we explain the phrase 'sweep home' which is used to describe a goal being scored.
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In this football language post we explain the football expression 'pick the ball out of the net' which is used to describe a goal being scored in a game - the keeper has been beaten and now has to collect the ball.
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In this football language post we explain the football expression 'last-gasp goal' which is a late, very late, goal in a game - one that tends to change the result of the game.
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Walk the ball into the net: In this football language post we explain the football cliche which is used to describe a situation when a team scores or doesn't score a goal!
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Expected Goals (xG): we look at a phrase that is becoming more popular in football as we find ways to describe shots on goal - expected goals or xG.
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In this post we look at the phrase 'trounce' which is connected to big scores in football after Leicester City's record-breaking 9-0 win away at Southampton.
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In this post we explain the football expression 'set up a chance or set up a goal' which is used to describe an assist in football.
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Half-volley: On today's 2018 World Cup language we look at the phrase 'half-volley '.
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In this post, we explain the football phrase 'top bin'.
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To tuck away: Now in football this phrase is used to describe a goal. If a player tucks the ball away, he or she guides the ball past the goalkeeper safely into the net.
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Own goal: What's the meaning of an own goal in football?
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Overhead kick: Cristiano Ronaldo's second goal in Real Madrid's 3-0 away victory - an overhead kick- has been hailed as one of the greatest of all time
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Natural Goalscorer: What's the meaning of the term goalscorer in football?
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To put past an opponent: What's the meaning of the phrase to put five past an opponent?
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The perfect hat-trick: What do we mean when we use the football expression 'the perfect hat-trick'?
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To bury the ball in the back of the net: There are many ways to describe a goal in football and here is another phrase...
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Nick a goal: What's the meaning of the phrase 'to nick a goal'?
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Snapshot: What's the meaning of the phrase 'snapshot' in football?
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End product: What's the meaning of the phrase 'end product' in football?
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What's the meaning of 'scorpion kick' in football?
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What's the meaning of the phrase 'To get on the end of' when used in football?
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What's the meaning of 'An eye for goal'?
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Clinical finishing: The basic meaning here is related to how efficient a team is with respect to their performance and particularly in front of goal - so we often use this adjective with the word 'finishing' - 'clinical finishing'
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What is the meaning of the football cliche 'to fill your boots in football?
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Stunner: This word is used to describe a wonderful goal in football and usually this goal has been scored from long range - maybe from out...
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There are many ways to score with a header in football, for example, a glancing header or a diving header but today we are going to look at the phrase 'looping header'.
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If a team is under pressure and has to defend a lot but then manages to counter attack and score we say that they have managed to score a breakaway goal
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Nod home: When we use the phrase to nod the ball we mean that a player has used his/her head to move the ball - to head the ball...
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In football we use the verb to clip to describe a type of pass or shot that raises the ball slightly.
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First time is used in football to give a pass or hit a shot without having to control the ball beforehand
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What's the meaning of the phrase ' to take the lead'?
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What's the meaning of the football phrase 'one apiece'?
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What's the meaning of the football phrase 'close range'?
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To steer the ball home: Sometimes a player uses power to score but on many other occasions the player places or guides the ball into the net
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This week's football phrase is 'a goal that deserves to win any game'
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You will hear the word Panenka when a player dinks or lightly chips the ball over the goalkeeper from the penalty spot.
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